Telegram-herald., 1887-01-19

And Returned After al Alb
senc5 OF Twenty Years.
Terrence l0AHli5 EXPERIENCE.


S0ule twenty years ago Terrence DolaA -e
then boy D. years o.. age living w.th h.s
parents GA a farm nea- O-4ulyiiie. ran
away from home. Ills parents traced him
as farss Chicago bat then lo-t al track of
him. They employed every available means
OF finding him. even morisaglng their home
aud employing Chicago detectives bat with
ogt success, as no trace al the youn- man
coUld be found until abogt Two wears a'ter
they received the pa'ala Intelligence
thl1 ho hai ceen killed in rail-
rOat accident rear san rauci, ID
some SIX ia onths preyi0Ls The blow va
TOO mEct Ior bis poor mother who when
she received this iuis igenoe sW0oned away
and remained in Z semi -uu rOnsclous condi-
ti0n Tor many weeks. When she partially
recovered her reason was gone ami she re-
fnGlaed q raVIng maniac until she dleI a
few mou.ns after, Her husband then sold
the Old homestead and removed - New
York state accompanied bv an0-ler child.
girl L. ears old Bat the old naa seemed
% pine for his Michigan home, and after
waris come back 90 this state and
took up his residence on f4~n near B-s
Rapids, where be has lived since hrs faith
iul daughter remaining single and keeping
house FOR her AGED father. both OF them
mourning the lost son aud brother as dead
until yesterday when they trio met under
peculiar circumstance. Mr.. DOnahue and
bis daughter had been p the city AMI Were
at the depot awaiting tie departure ol q
train for their home. There Wss aso en-
other man n the rOuel, some 80 years OF
are, whose face bore the traces o. having
the open air. lie had been ewing
his father and sister for some
time ~ i in doIbt, for this was none other
to- .u the long lost son who ha4 but short
time ago learned 0i bis latler's where
a5outs and oas then goiuy ga the parental
roof When ne neard his fathers name
called by All acquaintance all ais doubts
were dspelled and ne rushed over and
threw hs arms around 81. parents ueC6
and wept. The old man looked a, ms son
eud was soon convinced tha, he was not an
impOsfsT. Tie sister took n the situation
a. once and ;ne scene which en5ued can
better be imagined than described.
The son told OF how he had been Ell
ticed away from home by . circus agent
being 81, that time something % en accro-
bal he Travelled with the circus for
couple OF seasons with varying success until
ne severely fractured one Of his legs la max
Ins ps-ilous jump. then he for,ook the
white tents sn1 tor Il while played in varie y
Lt-ios until a lpiEtl- tstulc over illih 10
once more see his Oid home, bat when he
came back ne found the home Of his boy
hood occupied by strangers who could give
bun no informal iOn as 10 the whereabouts
of mis- parents. tie then le.t for the West
and settled down on q ranch
IN California, where he made
heaps OF money. Six months ago he was
reading a Michigan paper and happened to
ind his fathers name in little item con
cerning runaway horse. He again started
for Michigan and had Just found out where
his father lived few days since and was
on bis way TO his residence when the happy
meeting occurred a. the depot. The Trio
took the evening train for their home and
the old man asserted a he boarded the
train tina. he felt at least hfy wears
younger.